Declined Make a limit to the amount of times VSH and DR maps are played in one day

[Sir Cakez]

Whenever I play VSH or DR, the server is always on the same set of maps. On DR, it's usually Trollrun, Minecraft, Mario or Office. On VSH, it's usually Crevice, Cairo, Weapons Depot, or Skyhigh. While these maps are nice, it would be cool to play some other maps. If there was a limit to the amount of times these maps were played, we could play some of the lesser-known, but still good, maps.

 

[Chance]

+1 if this is a possibility.
Retracting the +1 for a -1 as I see how that could cause issues with player count.

 

[scrb]

+1

 

[KillerZebra]

This is a great way to lose players.

People like popular maps, not unpopular / bad ones.

 

[Sir Cakez]

This is a great way to lose players.

People like popular maps, not unpopular / bad ones.

Then why do we have the maps?
And not all of the 30+ maps on these servers are bad.
The point of this is to bring out the maps that people like, but never get voted on due to people not playing them often enough.

 

[shoooooooooooooooo]

way to crush my dream on playing vsh_spotline zebra.

 

[DaivdBaekr]

Then why do we have the maps?
And not all of the 30+ maps on these servers are bad.

If they're not bad, but not played, then that would fall under 'unpopular'.

Persuading regs to give rarely-played maps a chance is a much better alternative than cutting off access to people's favorite maps.

 

[KillerZebra]

There are there for variety in case people actually want to play on them. You are trying to force maps that most people don't want to play. That isn't going to make people play on them, it will make them leave.

 

[Sir Cakez]

There are there for variety in case people actually want to play on them. You are trying to force maps that most people don't want to play. That isn't going to make people play on them, it will make them leave.

OK, I see what you mean. Thanks for explaining.

 

[Bottiger]

The last map is already excluded from the voting list. With nominations and the map choices being randomly chosen, that should be easy enough to pick a less popular map is people actually wanted it.

 

[Bluuwolf]

The last map is already excluded from the voting list. With nominations and the map choices being randomly chosen, that should be easy enough to pick a less popular map is people actually wanted it.

Wait, what do you mean when you say the last map was excluded from the list? Because there have been times where its been safety first, then trollrun, then instantly back to safety first. (Unless I've simply gone mad.)

 

[Defibyoulater]

We've kind of gone over this issue in this thread - http://www.skial.com/threads/saxton-hale-maps-map-cycle.50228/
We can't force people to play on maps they don't like, but if there's aspects about maps that: aren't functional, broken due to updates, allowing glitches, extensively unfair to one team or the other, etc the best you can do is report the tech issue and have it fixed/removed. Most players are alured or drawn to specific maps because of these features.

 

[Sir Cakez]

We've kind of gone over this issue in this thread - http://www.skial.com/threads/saxton-hale-maps-map-cycle.50228/
We can't force people to play on maps they don't like, but if there's aspects about maps that: aren't functional, broken due to updates, allowing glitches, extensively unfair to one team or the other, etc the best you can do is report the tech issue and have it fixed/removed. Sometimes, some groups of players are drawn to specific maps because of these features.

Cough, hotdesert, ironworks and castle, cough
Thank god they were removed.

 

[Bluuwolf]

Cough, hotdesert and castle, cough
Thank god they were removed.

You mention those but not the horror that was ironworks? *shudder*

 

[Sir Cakez]

You mention those but not the horror that was ironworks? *shudder*

The trio of badness, all removed at the same time. Death Run has been better ever since.
Although, I did like Ironworks' boss battle.

 

[Sheev_Palpatine]

-1 maps get old, but the majority rules with the votes.

 

[Meowrisa]

-5

 

[KillerZebra]

Wait, what do you mean when you say the last map was excluded from the list? Because there have been times where its been safety first, then trollrun, then instantly back to safety first. (Unless I've simply gone mad.)

He means the map you are currently playing on isnt on the list.

For example, Map rotation is badwater goldrush upward. People pick badwater, and the map switches to badwater. That is the last map picked, so now the rotation options are Goldrush or Upward. You pick Goldrush, map changes. Now the map rotation options is Badwater or Upward since goldrush was the most recent map picked.

 

[Bluuwolf]

He means the map you are currently playing on isnt on the list.

For example, Map rotation is badwater goldrush upward. People pick badwater, and the map switches to badwater. That is the last map picked, so now the rotation options are Goldrush or Upward. You pick Goldrush, map changes. Now the map rotation options is Badwater or Upward since goldrush was the most recent map picked.

But... the map you are currently playing IS on the list. Yknow, "F5: Extend Map".

 

[Renegade]

There could be a cooldown or something. Like if you play on Safety First and then go to another map, you can't vote for Safety First for a couple more map changes or until a timer runs out or something. I've seen some servers do that so more maps get played.